Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Monitoring the Lower Tear Meniscus in Dry Eye after Acupuncture Treatment

Table 2

Demographics of all subjects and each subgroup in the artificial tear and acupuncture groups.

Subgroups	(eyes)^†	(subjects)	Age, mean (y)	Male-to-female ratio	Duration of dry eye, (m)
All subjects
Artificial tear group	102	52	46	0.44	16
Acupuncture group	86	44	45	0.63	18
value			0.9650	0.6544	0.9130
LTD
Artificial tear group	19	10	36	0.43	10
Acupuncture group	17	9	41	0.80	12
value			0.8412	0.0276	0.8975
SSDE
Artificial tear group	18	9	49	0.00	32
Acupuncture group	18	9	44	0.29	30
value			0.7651	0.0385	0.9140
Non-SSDE
Artificial tear group	65	33	47	0.65	13
Acupuncture group	51	26	46	0.73	16
value			0.9365	0.6801	0.7732

LTD = lipid tear deficiency; SSDE = Sjögren syndrome dry eye; Non-SSDE = non-Sjögren syndrome dry eye. P values (<0.05) indicate the statistically significant differences between the acupuncture and artificial tear group. ^†Four patients (2 in the acupuncture group and 2 in the control group) were enrolled with only one eye for the reason that one of their eyes had been lost because of eye trauma.